the Cleveland Duo & James Umble

Concert Schedule

The versatility of this ensemble makes it attractive to many types of venues and audiences, from the formal chamber music concert stage to schools, temples, churches, festivals featuring both traditional and ethnic music and lighter classical fare, and series devoted to new music. In recent years the group has developed an interest in music from different cultures, with a particular emphasis on Jewish music. The group's performances in recent seasons are listed below.

2005-2006 2001-2002
2004-2005 2000-2001
2003-2004 1999-2000
2002-2003 1998-1999



2005-2006

August 4-5, 2005.

Saugatuck Festival, Saugatuck, MI, 2 performances

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Tours of New York State, Florida and Oregon



2004-2005

August 15, 2004

Music at the Farmstead - Blossom Music Festival, Akron, OH

September 9-10, 2004

Recital/residency at Indiana State University, Terre Haute

September 12-13, 2004

Concert/residency for Victor Valley Community Concerts Association, California

October 24, 2004

Lecture/recital to benefit the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Society, Cleveland, OH

November 3, 2004

Faculty Artist Series, Cleveland Institute of Music, "Carolyn Warner and Friends"

November 8, 2004

Concert/residency for the Adena Area Community Concerts Association, Chillicothe, OH

November 14-15, 2004

Concert/residency for Hesston/Bethel College Concert series, Hesston, Kansas

November 15-19, 2004

3 performance for Cleveland Composer's Guild, Youngstown State University, Bowling Green State University, and Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

November 21-22, 2004

Impromptu Concert Series, Key West, Florida - school residency

January 30, 2005

(Cleveland Duo) - duo concerto appearance at Severance Hall, Cleveland, with the Cleveland Institute of Music Wind Ensemble

January 31, 2005

Recital with chamber music master class, Manhattan School of Music, New York City

February 13, 2005

Recital at Youngstown State University for Saxophone Festival in honor of Jean-Marie Londeix tour

February 20-21, 2005

Mini-tour of Illinois: recital/master class at Chicago College of Performing Arts/Roosevelt University and residency at Millikin University, Decatur, IL

March 9, 2005

Recital at Youngstown State University, New Music Festival

March 13, 2005

Gala Concert to benefit the Cleveland Heights High School Music program, Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, OH

March 28-April 4, 2005

Midwest tour - concert/residency at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Northland University, Ashland, WI

April 14-17, 2005

Oregon tour - concerts and lectures at Temple Emek Shalom, Ashland, OR, Ross Ragland Theater, Klamath Falls, OR, and recital in Brookings, OR

May 20, 2005

Concert for the Van Wert County Concerts Association, OH

June 28-30, 2005

Recital/master classes for the Three Rivers Saxophone Festival, Pittsburgh

July, 2005

Recital/workshops, Interlochen Music Festival, Interlochen, MI



2003-2004
September, 5, 2003

Chamber Music America showcase performance, Western Arts Alliance Conference, Long Beach, CA, radio taping for KUSC-FM

September 10, 2003

Residency/performance at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, Wednesday,

September 11, 2003

Spotlight showcase performance for Arts Midwest Conference, Milwaukee, WI, Alverno College

October 6, 2003

Performance and lectures at Muskingum College, New Concord, OH

November 9-10, 2003

Performance/master classes at Ohio University, School of Music, Athens, OH

February 21, 2004

Performance for Medina Fine and Performing Arts Association, Grace Drake Performing Arts Center, Medina, OH

March 15, 2004

Residency at Ithaca College of Music, Ithaca, NY

March 19-20, 2004

Residency at Pennsylvania Academy of Music, Lancaster, PA

March 29-April 4, 2004

Tour of Michigan and Florida, including concerts and master classes at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, and Sanibel Island, FL

April 7 2004

Concert at Northwestern University

May 3, 2004

Lecture-recital at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

May 16, 2004

Concert at Temple Israel, Bloomfield Hills, MI

May 17, 2004

2 concerts for West Bloomfield Hills School District

July 29-30, 2004

Saugatuck Festival, Saugatuck, MI, 2 performances



2002-2003

October 11, 2002

Residency at University of Illinois, Urbana

October 12, 2002

Concert and Demonstration for Merit Music School, Chicago, IL

October 13, 2002

Schmier Chapel Concert Series, Temple Israel, Bloomfield Hills MI,

October 27, 2002

Darius Milhaud Commemorative Concert, Cleveland Institute of Music

November 18-19, 2002

Residency at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

December 1-2, 2002

Residency at Columbus Museum of Art, Jefferson Academy of Music, Columbus, OH

February 15-16, 2003

Saxophone Festival at Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI

March 4, 2003

Performance for Piano Week at Youngstown State University, Dana Schol of Music, Youngstown, OH

March 17-21, 2003

Tour of Southeastern States

Residency at University of South Carolina, Columbia
Residency at University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Concert at Shell Point Resort, Ft. Myers, FL
Two concert/demos for the School for the Performing Arts, Ft. Myers, FL

March 22, 2003

Concert for College Community Arts Council, Wright State University, Lake Campus, Saturday, Celina, OH

April 14-16, 2003

Heartland Arts Fund School Concert residency and concert, Salina, KS,

April 17, 2003

Concert at Kent State University, Ashtabula, OH

July 11, 2003

Recital for World Saxophone Congress, University of Minnesota, Ultan Recital Hall, Minneapolis, MN



2001-2002

August 19-22, 2001

Recording for Klavier Music Productions, Florida International University, Miami. Recording to be released in July, 2002

September 8, 2001

S’lichot program at B’nai Jeshurun Congregation, Cleveland, OH

September 30, 2001

Recital at Kent State University, Kent, OH

October 21, 2001

MUSICA HISPANICA program in Reinberger Hall (Severance Hall), Cleveland, presented by The Cleveland Orchestra

October 22, 2001

Showcase performance at the annual Ohio Arts Presenters Network (OAPN) conference, Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, OH

November 18, 2001

Recital for Medina County Fine Arts Series, Medina, Ohio (funded by The Ohio Arts Council)

November 30-December 1, 2001

Artists Series with residency at Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA. The concert featured the world premiere of Arnold Friedman’s "Blue Horizons", written for the artists, 2001.

December 31, 2001

"First Night" at First Episcopal Church, Warren, OH (funded by The Ohio Arts Council)

January 28-29, 2002

Performance and residency at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Walton Fine Arts Center

January 30, 2002

Performance and residency at Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas

February 1, 2002

Performance at Wilshire Blvd. Temple, Los Angeles, California

February 2, 2002

Performance and residency at Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon

February 3-4, 2002

Performance and outreach in schools for Neskowin Chamber Music Society, Neskowin, Oregon

March 24, 2002

Performance at Temple Israel, Detroit, Michigan

March 25-26, 2002

Performance and residency at University of North Carolina, Wilmington

March 27-28, 2002

Performances and residencies at Duke University, and University of NC, Chapel Hill

April 14, 2002

Performance for the Jefferson Fine Arts Series, Jefferson, OH (funded by the Ohio Arts Council)

April 21, 2002

Eighth annual benefit concert for the Agnon School, Beachwood, OH


2000-2001

October 15, 2000

Recital at the Cleveland Institute of Music featuring a suite transcribed from Ponty's "Imaginary Voyage"

November 5-6, 2000

Recital at Cedarhurst Chamber Music Series, Mt. Vernon, IL - concerts in the schools, recital at U. of IL, Edwardsville

November 12-13, 2000

Concerts and master classes at Indiana University, PA and Punxsutauney College, PA

February 4, 2001

Artists' Series at Jacksonville, University, Jacksonville, FL

February 11, 2001

Artists' Series at Hiram College, Hiram, OH

April 3-15, 2001

Tour of Pennsylvania amd California including Fullerton Friends of Music (CA)

April 22, 2001

Featured soloists (Cleveland Duo) with the Cleveland Institute of Music Wind Ensemble in a commissioned premier performance of a Duo Concerto for Violin, Piano and Winds by Juilliard School of Music faculty, Samuel Zyman

May 18-30, 2001

New Music Festival of the Bellas Artes, Mexico City



1999-2000

September 4, 1999

Performance at Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, D.C.

September 19, 1999

Collaborative performance (Cleveland Duo) on the Artists' Series with the Cavani Quartet, Walsh University, Canton, OH

October 10, 1999

Featured recital sponsored by Chamber Music America at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

October 31, 1999

Concert of all Darius Milhaud at the Cleveland Institute of Music

November 15-20, 1999

Five-concert tour of Texas including a residency at University of North Texas at Denton - recording at UNT by Cleveland Duo and the UNT Wind Symphony for Klavier Records of Paul Turok's "Canzone Concertante no. 5" for Violin-Piano Duo and Wind Symphony - release scheduled for Fall, 2000

December 5, 1999

Performance at Fairmount Temple, Cleveland, OH

January 17, 2000

Chamber music presentation in honor of the re-opening of the newly renovated Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio

January 23, 2000

Artists' series at Christ Episcopal Church, Warren, OH

February 13, 2000

Recital at Temple Israel., Tallahassee, Florida

February 13-14, 2000

Residency with concerts and master classes at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

March 5, 2000

Special fundraising concert for the Unitarian Universalist Church, Kent. OH

March 12, 2000

Concert at Longwood Gardens, Philadelphia, PA

March 13, 2000

Concert and master classes at Millersville University, Lancaster, PA

March 20-27, 2000

Five-concert tour of Mexico, including a recital and master classes at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City, in the Manuel Ponce Recital Hall of the Bellas Artes (sponsored by the Conaculta, Mexico), a concert in Temple Beth El, Mexico City, and two concerts for senior citizens in major Jewish venues in Cuernovaca and Mexico City.

May 7, 2000

Concert, Stan Hywet Hall series in Akron, OH, taped for later broadcast for WKSU-FM Radio.

July 8, 2000

Lecture/demonstration at the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal

July 8, 2000

Recital for the Montgomery Historical Society, Montgomery, VT

July 12, 2000

Recital at the Cleveland Museum of Art - all-French program in honor of the Impressionist exhibit, "The Faces of Impressionism", special guest artist, Kathryn Thomas Umble, flutist (broadcast over WCLV, Cleveland and Akron)

August 14, 2000

(Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano) appearance at the Edinburgh International Festival, taped by the B.B.C., of the Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds.



1998-1999

September 27, 1998

Performance at Temple Israel, Detroit, Michigan

October 4, 1998

(Cleveland Duo), collaborative performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music with the Cavani String Quartet

October 20-23, 1998

Tour of Western Ontario including concerts in Kitchener and London, C.B.C. taping

November 30, 1998

Chamber music concert at Reinberger Recital Hall, Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH

February 15-22, 1999

Tour of Florida, including the School for the Performing Arts, Ft. Myers, the Barrier Island Group for the Arts, Sanibel Island, and the Palm Beach Invitational Piano Guild, Palm Beach

March 7, 1999

Southern Ohio Museum Performing Arts Series, Portsmouth, OH

March 23-25, 1999

Tour of Illinois Universities including Western Illinois U. and Illinois Wesleyan, concerts and master classes

March 29, 1999

"Musical Legacy" concert at Temple Sinai, Toronto, Canada

April 9, 1999

Artists' Series at Walsh University, Canton, OH

April 11, 1999

Artists' Series, Defiance College, Defiance, OH

May 15, 1999

(Cleveland Duo) concert inaugurating new piano, Judson Retirement Community, Cleveland, OH


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